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Criterion
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Purposedifferent
When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.When story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min pro Feature1-3 h15-30 min20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
3-62-833-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Table, Acceptance TestsIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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